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Need Opinions, black and white, or color
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Jim Beverlin
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i agree with John. I like the color the best too.
I agree. The color is in the lead, but the right processing on the b/w could change that.
OP - Nice composition.
ozdean
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B&W for me; adds a timelessness to the capture.
MightyMike
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I almost always say both and this case is no different
DAVID MANZE
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Both! the light on the face is perfect, a sensitive capture!
Paul Cruchten
Senior Member
Well, normally I'd go for B&W but in this case the colour pic gives more emotion and atmosphere
Best regards
Best regards
Roland Karlsson
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Both!
There are some bright tones missing in the B&W though. Fixing this, I would say they are both stunning.
There are some bright tones missing in the B&W though. Fixing this, I would say they are both stunning.
KL Matt
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But do dodge the highlights on the shirt. Then it's a stunner. The reason this image is a stunner is the light. Color detracts from the light in this case and adds very little.
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Mac McCreery
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kitsios_spyros
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Different mood. Both great for different reasons.
wizofoz
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B&W for me, but both are lovely and delicate
Mike Arledge
Senior Member
Thanks for all the feedback, guess color really stands out, but I might need to work on the treatment of the highlights in thhistory black and white. I had a really hard time deciding myself.
Let me start by saying I love B&W photography and did a lot of darkroom work at one time...
Color. Period... well... but the B&W is pretty awesome too... no...definitely color...maybe... oh heck...B&W!
Hah!
B&W is great for isolating the subject, or minimizing unwanted junk in your pictures, and can bring with it a certain mood. Great for helping distractions litter like coke cans and gum wrappers disappear in landscape scenes.
In this case, the color photo shows great subtle colors, pink cheeks, brown highlights in hair, and trim on the subjects shirt, where as the B&W makes you forget all that and really focus on the facial expression and what the hand is doing.
The shirt goes essentially white, and some of the innocence of the youthful colors are lost, and a much more old beyond the subjects years kind of meaning can be read into the facial expression.
The B&W comes off a little softer, because the subtle tone transitions are a little less than in color, the color has more pop. The B&W could be worked a bit to make the mid tones transitions more present. In the darkroom, I'd have processed this with Edwals Ultra Black, and burned some areas a bit longer than others.
So, I guess the bottom line, is what do you want out of the photo? To capture the moment, or make art? And if the latter, what do you want the art's message to be?
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EricV
Color. Period... well... but the B&W is pretty awesome too... no...definitely color...maybe... oh heck...B&W!
Hah!
B&W is great for isolating the subject, or minimizing unwanted junk in your pictures, and can bring with it a certain mood. Great for helping distractions litter like coke cans and gum wrappers disappear in landscape scenes.
In this case, the color photo shows great subtle colors, pink cheeks, brown highlights in hair, and trim on the subjects shirt, where as the B&W makes you forget all that and really focus on the facial expression and what the hand is doing.
The shirt goes essentially white, and some of the innocence of the youthful colors are lost, and a much more old beyond the subjects years kind of meaning can be read into the facial expression.
The B&W comes off a little softer, because the subtle tone transitions are a little less than in color, the color has more pop. The B&W could be worked a bit to make the mid tones transitions more present. In the darkroom, I'd have processed this with Edwals Ultra Black, and burned some areas a bit longer than others.
So, I guess the bottom line, is what do you want out of the photo? To capture the moment, or make art? And if the latter, what do you want the art's message to be?
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EricV
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Mike Arledge
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Dan Hudson
Senior Member
The child is a living, breathing being, vibrant and colorful visually and internally. If you want to express her essence as it is rather than something of a dramatic mystery, then by all means use color. When you look at her, what do you see...color or shades of grey with points of black. I used to teach black and white film photography along with all the processing chemistry. What a wonderful thing digital color is...would not go back when color is available so easily. There are times for drama where B&W is useful, but not a child's face. That is my "opinion" that you asked for. Show that child off to your best. Color her beautiful...Dan
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